When coached, professionals are often guided differently based on perceived strengths. Many are taught the business, while others are more commonly coached on confidence and executive presence—missing out on a critical 33% of the expertise needed to rise in the ranks.

Apply today for a three-day immersive learning experience designed to level the playing field for rising leaders. Learn how capitalism, economics, and finance drive the value contribution you make to your organization using a current business challenge you’re facing in this highly applied, interactive learning environment.

We’re going to increase your financial and business acumen and use that understanding to enhance your leadership, cultural, strategic, and, yes, artificial intelligence skills—all in a highly applied setting tailored for you.

Each interactive session draws on your current role so you complete each day action-oriented and ready to apply all you’ve learned.

Currently looking for your next organization? Use this opportunity to put your applied business and financial intelligence to work in your job hunt.

We welcome nonprofit professionals to apply and learn more about the business behind your mission.

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Course feature Course detail
Dates: March 31, 2025 – April 02, 2025
Topic: Leadership
Format: On Campus
Location: ÃÛÌÒ½´Cox School of Business
Credentialing:

 digital certificate awarded upon course completion.

Price:

$4,595 (before group discounts)


Questions?

Call 214.768.8232 or email SMUCoxLLI@smu.edu.

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Topics

  • Assessing Your Internal and External Network
  • Capitalism: Its History, Benefits, and Discontents
  • Economics: A Micro and Macro View
  • Free Markets, Politics, and Society
  • Financial Statements and the Stories They Tell
  • Financial Drivers of Company Value
  • Your Personal Contribution to Company Value
  • Decoding Your Annual Report
  • Aligning Business Decisions with Strategic Objectives
  • Communicating Personal and Team Value Contribution
  • Leading Performance in a Changing and Volatile World
  • Cultural Intelligence
  • Negotiating with Intelligence
  • Applied Strategic Intelligence
  • Applied Artificial Intelligence
Features
  • Three days of interactive learning on the ÃÛÌÒ½´campus
  • Highly applied content to your current role
  • Focus on a current business challenge or opportunity you’re facing
  • Focus on your company’s financials, markets, and objectives
  • Small group discussions with other individuals
  • Expert, experienced faculty who’ve been where you are

Objectives and Outcomes

Our purpose in focusing primarily on leadership development is based on our belief that exponentially increasing the quality of leaders improves an organization's ability to innovate, collaborate, and increase performance.

How it's different

New realities, challenges and opportunities call for a transformation in how you approach leading others. Next Level Leadership will help you accelerate your learning and prepare for immediate success.

Through individual assessments you’ll understand your current leadership strengths and weaknesses, identify opportunities for growth and develop your future leadership agenda. Distinguished keynote speakers will share insights that become real as you step into active learning sessions, collaborate with colleagues, and begin to apply critical concepts and skills.

Who Should Attend?

The Next Level Leadership Program is designed for leaders who have experience managing people or projects (or both), and has approximately 5+ years of management experience. They will be able to bring to the program experience in identifying and working through the leadership challenges and opportunities faced by managers in a corporate, public sector, entrepreneurial or non-profit environment.

High-potential executives preparing to assume more responsibility, either in a functional or a leadership capacity.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrated leadership potential in their professional careers. Strong candidates are highly-motivated, open to growth, and are looking to reach the next level in their careers.

Participants will

  • Assess the leadership landscape to identify individual and organizational leadership opportunities and needs
  • Refine their own compelling, authentic leadership narratives and understand how to harness the power of narrative identity
  • Cultivate the leader’s mindset—increasing awareness and focus for individual and organizational growth
  • Deepen their understanding of executive judgment
  • Integrate the dimensions of presence that typify strong, warm leaders at their best
  • Learn techniques to assess and strengthen values-based character competencies
  • Understand and leverage the power of trust, culture, influence and executive presence
  • Gain insights into emotional and intellectual toughness in demanding situations
  • Understand how to use feedback as a power tool for growth
  • Explore the science behind time allocation and leverage time for optimal results
  • Discover how routines are a key factor in achieving superior outcomes

Benefits

Through active participation in the Next Level Leadership Program, you'll strengthen your ability to:

  • Articulate your vision
  • Crystalize your goals
  • Successfully lead a team of leaders
  • Align your unit with enterprise mission and value
  • Cultivate a network of supporters
  • Advocate for yourself
  • Gain visibility for your accomplishments
  • Communicate strategically in an array of context
  • Respond to change and stay challenge ready

 


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To compete and succeed, companies need leaders in every department who can speak the dollars-and-cents language of business. Managers who can interpret financial reports, assess the impact of decisions and communicate operating strategies have a definite career advantage.

Leadership

Leadership

Our Leadership series teaches the skills and tools you need at critical junctions in your corporate career. Whether you're moving into your first managerial job or already at the senior executive level, we'll help you refine your essential competencies, business acumen and soft skills.

Strategy

Strategy

You are challenged everyday to uncover ways to create value for ever more demanding customers and their rapidly changing needs. A sound strategy can guide what you choose to do and how you choose to do it to survive, grow, and prosper.

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Next Steps

Questions? Not sure which program fits your needs? Reach out to our team.